• The Collector: Inferno level enforcer for the emperor who specializes in quelling cities and retrieving missing aether tax. Rides atop a dragon-bat hybrid and collects mementos from his most notable victims. Has a penchant for hunting down cowboys.

• Cornelius Thompson IV: Leech and cowboy of the purest blood. Passive member of the Ogland Mavericks who fled from the battles in the north to seek a quiet life of smoking his pipe and playing cards.

• Drainer: One who can destroy aether without using aether of their own.

• Eldest Tree: The oldest and most powerful of the Nartareen. Uses the collective aether of the Nartareen race to grant miracles to those she deems worthy.

• Emperor: Ruler of Avalon and only human to reach Eternal tier.

• Enhanced: Soldiers of the Collector that have been granted enhanced characteristics through grafting and hybridization.

• Hybridization: Similar to grafting, it is the process by which aether is used to augment a living thing with parts from other living things. Extreme hybridization is used to create new species of animals.

• Inferno: Second highest tier of aether possession. Level reached by kings and queens, rulers of races, and the emperor’s most powerful enforcers.

• Jerg: Hulking member of the Trellston Mavericks.

• LaRue Overly: Head housemaid at Trellston Castle and longstanding member of the Mavericks.

• Lawrence Brintworth: King of worthless information, blown pranks, and one of Sam’s best friends.

• League of Cowboys: Group of cowboy Leeches descendant from the first cowboy who arrived in Avalon ~1870 A.D.

• Leech: Aether level designation several generations removed from a Void. Is limited in the total amount of aether he/she is able to possess but has the unique ability to use aether on his/her own body, increasing speed, health, strength, etc. Cannot infuse aether into other objects.

• Matthias Abromite: AKA the Corpseman. Undertaker who ferries the deceased from the island of Trellston to the city cemetery.

• Mavericks: Rebel group who opposes the emperor and his aether tax.

• Milla: A gorilla-horse that joins Sam, Cornelius, Roanna, and Willow after being placidated.

• Mongrel: A distorted and grotesque creature that is the outcome of a failed species hybridization.

• Muskteer Guild: Group descended from musketeers who came over to Avalon ~1650AD. Have all but lost their ability to drain aether.

• Nartareen: A dryad-like race of tree people who live in the forest and are lead by an Eldest Tree.

• Ogland: Walled town east of the Sea Cliffs and south of the Vale of Edgemont.

• Placidation: When an animal is drained of its natural aether and infused with the aether of another being for the purposes of controlling that animal. It is a practice of controversial morality.

• Reynold: One of the first two thugs that Sam meets upon arriving in Avalon. Has a grafted cat eye and has an unpleasantly squeaky voice.

• Rinnivas Manikhantan: Sam’s best friend and technophile. He holds a fourth place standing on the worldwide leaderboard for the computer game Warcraft of Empires.

• Roanna: Adolescent aether prodigy and member of the Ogland faction of the Mavericks.

• Samwise Shelton: Prankster extraordinaire from Bozeman, MT who gets inexplicably transported to the land of Avalon during an earthquake. Later called the Techno-Wizard for his power as a Void drainer and his control of his technological gear.

• Scorcher: Tier of Aether possession above Blazer but below Inferno. Enables one to detect aether levels in other individuals by sight (within a certain distance). Has the ability to graft and hybridize. Typical level of Named warriors, Noblemen, Princes/Princesses.

• Screecher: The Collector’s large, dragon-like creature famous for its terrifying scream.